Word: talked
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...that juncture-although Dennis' refusal to talk had been expected-among the few available substantiated facts on him were these: he had been born Francis Waldron in Seattle in 1904 or 1905 and had a part in the 1941 Allis-Chalmers strike in Milwaukee. Starting with these scanty clues, Chicago Bureau Chief Hugh Moffett and Correspondent Ben Williamson set out, respectively, for Milwaukee and Seattle. Almost at once they began to turn up leads...
...constitution," replied the Japanese high-school teacher leading the talk, "has as its focus the building of responsible citizens in a responsible democratic state. But we, too, are deeply puzzled about making the focus effective...
...thinks in English or Spanish, can talk in either language with literary dignity or colloquial directness. Every observer who has talked with him or watched him campaigning has marveled at the kind of automatic transmission in his mind which enables him to shift his conversation or speeches into language of such needle-sharp simplicity and directness that it can go straight to the heart and mind of the humblest and least educated hearer. This has been a priceless gift. Muñoz built his political career on the support of Puerto Rico's jibaros, the small farmers and rural...
...this newspaper printed a story about a student who wrote a C-plus hour examination in a Social Relations course in which he was not enrolled, had done no reading, and had been to no lectures. This accomplishment has brought on, along with the jokes, a lot of serious talk. But very little of this talk has come anywhere near the point brought out by the case...
...Idlers have rooted out some splendid actors for this production, and their choice of play is ideal for this college community. "Getting Married" is probably as much fun as getting married--more, to hear Shaw talk...